Day Thirty One

After last week I think I could really use a good, disciplined week. I'm on spring break this week, so I should have time to prepare my meals and cook ahead a little.

Breakfast

• ham and cheese on whole wheat bread with mustard
• kiwi
• skim milk

Just as I was over-doing it on the ham last week, I found I was short-changing myself on the cheese. I'm actually allowed two ounces, and each slice is 2/3 oz, but I'd only been eating 2, so this time I had the full 3 and enjoyed it immensely.

I didn't want to slice the kiwi, since I just peeled it over the trash, so I figured eating it out of hand might be good. Still a little funny. I guess I do like the slices best, even if they're annoying to prepare.

Lunch

• Lean Cuisine Chicken Parmesan
• spring mix salad with fat-free Italian dressing
• raisins

I really meant to cook, but I did my nails and I didn't want to use my hands to make meatballs... so I lazily threw this meal in the microwave. The store was out of the fresh herb salad (booo) so my boyfriend picked up this spring mix. It was as bitter as I remembered, but still not bad. The Italian dressing set it off nicely.

The chicken was a little weird at first, but I got used to it. All in all this was a decent meal, but considering it took 10 minutes to cook, I might have put together something a little better that was homemade and saved the convenience meal for when I actually didn't have time.

Dinner

• Lean Cuisine Classic Five Cheese Lasagna
• spring mix salad with lite creamy Parmesan dressing
• raisins

This was delicious, but I was bummed that half the cheese stuck to the plastic cover during microwaving. Also even though I cooked it the recommended time, it was ice cold in the center - kind of strange.

The salad was much better with my favorite dressing, which I'm not sure I've mentioned is from Ken's Steak House. It's extremely tasty, and I find I use less than called for on my salads.

This was a nice meal, even though I'd intended to make fiery meatballs and spaghetti... I will have to make that tomorrow.

Meanwhile, as I mentioned my boyfriend is back on Atkins - check out what he enjoyed:



That's a double cheeseburger cooked with bacon and mushrooms. He debated if adding a slice of ham would be "excessive." Crazy.

Snack

• chocolate rice cakes with Smart Balance peanut butter
• skim milk (not pictured)

This was a delicious snack, eaten as a dessert. I really love these rice cakes, and I don't know what I'd do if our grocery stopped carrying them!